The city’s governor, Najim al-din Umar Karim, announced the decision. He also said he would urge the central government to make 25 December a national holiday. More than 2,000 faithful take part in Christmas Mass. Muslim religious leaders express their best wishes. The governor urges Christians who ...

In 2011, 170 anti-Christian attacks at the hands of Hindu extremists. Murder, mutilation, destroyed churches, burned Bibles and desecrated graves the most common episodes. The President of the Global Council of Indian Christians: "The crib is the essence of Christmas, and all the houses are small ...

Christmas 2011 is marked by economic crisis, unemployment, and anxiety, even among wealthy Chinese millionaires. Post-tsunami Japan, Post-earthquake Indonesia and Turkey, Post-flood Vietnam, Thailand and Laos show that there is also an ecological emergency. In all these situations the Churches of ...